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Apr 2017
11:37am, 20 Apr 2017
397 posts
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J2R
Still not hearing willow warblers local to me here (around Norwich), which is surprising. Heard a good few in Suffolk at the weekend, though. Incidentally, although I'm normally an at-one-with-nature sort of guy, I developed a marked aversion to pheasants over the weekend as a result of being woken multiple times in the early morning by one squawking outside the bedroom window of the place I was staying. A bird better eaten than heard, I think.
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Apr 2017
12:19pm, 20 Apr 2017
21,606 posts
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Dave A
We are currently at Brandon Marsh in Warwickshire. Sightings today include Willow, Reed and Cetti's warbler. Little Ringed Plover and a Yellow Wagtail. A cuckoo has been cuckooing in the distance 😀
We've also seen a tree creeper building its nest 😀
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Apr 2017
12:43pm, 20 Apr 2017
219 posts
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bonners
Just got really excited by what I thought were greenfinches on my feeders, then realised the male had a black head. Fairly certain were siskin, as I had a while to look at them and ID. Very pleased 😀
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Apr 2017
1:57pm, 20 Apr 2017
22,753 posts
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Derby Tup
Male yellow wagtail in breeding plumage is a fabulous bird 
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Apr 2017
10:28pm, 20 Apr 2017
3,418 posts
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Pou Pou LePhoõk
Yellowhammer, first time I've seen one.
A lovely bird.
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Apr 2017
10:36pm, 20 Apr 2017
12,859 posts
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HowFar?
Stonechat down at the end of the Ards Peninsula and loads of Brent geese on the lough itself.
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Apr 2017
10:58pm, 20 Apr 2017
7,207 posts
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becca7
Ventured a litte further when I was in Boston and saw Brent geese there plus eiders and mergansers, as well as some birds we don't get over here, mockingbirds, red winged blackbirds, lark bunting and a few little brown things that I have photos of but haven't identified yet.
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Apr 2017
11:20pm, 20 Apr 2017
15,340 posts
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Chrisity
Ah, not the Lincolnshire one then. Red Winged blackbirds are ace, i see a lot of them when i visit my in-laws in Northern Ontario.
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Apr 2017
10:25am, 21 Apr 2017
7,208 posts
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becca7
Yes, Boston, Mass. They also had a marathon this week.  Saw lots of birds that there is no chance of seeing in Leicestershire anyway. I'm off to Lincs this Sunday with the local RSPB group, as it happens.
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Apr 2017
10:43am, 21 Apr 2017
7,220 posts
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Watford Wobble
Whilst cleaning the birdbath I noticed some blood. Guess another sparrowhawk strike. We have spotted him flying across the garden.
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